What are Fillers
Cosmetic fillers, also known as dermal fillers, are non-surgical injectable treatments used to add volume and contour to the face, smooth out wrinkles and fine lines, and enhance facial features. They are made of various materials, including hyaluronic acid, collagen, and synthetic materials, and are injected into the skin to achieve the desired results. To avail best treatment you are suggested to consult the best cosmetic surgeon in delhi.
Why Fillers Are Used
Fillers can be used for a variety of purposes, including:
- Softening wrinkles and fine lines: Cosmetic fillers can help to smooth out wrinkles and fine lines on the face, resulting in a more youthful and refreshed appearance.
- Enhancing facial features: fillers can be used to enhance facial features such as the cheeks, lips, and chin, adding volume and contour for a more balanced and proportionate appearance.
- Restoring volume to hollow areas: fillers can be used to restore volume to areas of the face that have lost fullness over time, such as the temples, cheeks, and under-eye area.
What Are The Benefits Of Fillers?
Advantages of cosmetic fillers include:
- Restoring volume and fullness: As we age, our skin loses volume and begins to sag, leading to wrinkles, fine lines, and hollow areas. Fillers can help to restore volume and fullness to these areas, resulting in a more youthful and rejuvenated appearance.
- Minimally invasive: Unlike surgical procedures, fillers are non-invasive and require no downtime, allowing patients to return to their normal activities immediately after treatment.
- Customizable treatment: fillers can be customized to meet each patient's individual needs and goals, allowing for a personalized treatment plan.
- Minimal side effects: The side effects of cosmetic fillers are generally minimal and include temporary redness, swelling, and bruising at the injection site.
Note- you should always consult the best plastic surgery clinic in Delhi, as it ensures filler treatment under the guidance of certified professionals.
FAQ's
1. What does the term ‘fillers’ mean?
Fillers are special products that are injected into various parts of the face to reduce the appearance of unwanted wrinkles, create volume, and to revitalise the skin. The major effect of fillers is lifting of a saggy face into a more youthful one.
2. How do they act?
We use hyaluronic acid fillers that act by either restoring volume or as skin boosters, depending upon the biophysical properties of each type of product. We use the Juvéderm brand of HA fillers.
3. What do they help in improving?
This non-surgical method is used to achieve:
- Lift of sagging cheeks
- Correction of nasolabial folds
- Marionette lines
- Undereye hollowness
- Tear trough deformity
- Correction of jowls
- Face and neck skin rejuvenation
- Lip augmentation
- Non-surgical/liquid rhinoplasty
4. How long do the results last?
Results last for about 9 to 12 months; repeat injections are required to maintain the results.
5. Are there any side effects?
Being a non-invasive procedure, side effects are rare. But some of them include minor pain, redness, swelling.
6. How will I know if I need fillers?
If you are in your 30-40’s and if you have noticed sagging of face, or signs of ageing in any of the areas mentioned above then you are a suitable candidate for this procedure. Even younger(20’s) and older(40-50’s) patients may benefit from fillers in some cases; however, the decision can only be made post-consultation with our doctors and facial analysis.
7. Is it painful?
Fillers are injected via very thin needles; we apply a numbing cream before the procedure and fillers that we use have local anesthetic in the injecting syringe itself. So, it is practically painless.
8. Is it safe?
We use the best internationally acclaimed brand of Allergan Juvéderm and ours is a team of highly qualified and experienced plastic surgeons. So, yes, you are in safe hands.
9. What are the precautions I need to take?
If you are on any blood thinning medications, vitamins or herbal supplements, then you will be asked to stop them at least three days before. In case it is not possible to stop the medication, you will need to discuss this during consultation.
10. Are there any other advantages of fillers?
Yes! Here are some of them:
- Fillers help in achieving an overall rejuvenated, youthful look.
- If you are contemplating surgery and would like to go for a temporary method to see how your results will look, especially with rhinoplasty then fillers are a great option.